title: Autoresonant-spectrometric determination of the residual gas composition in the ALPHA experiment apparatus.
abstract: Knowledge of the residual gas composition in the ALPHA experiment apparatus is important in our studies of antihydrogen and nonneutral plasmas. A technique based on autoresonant ion extraction from an electrostatic potential well has been developed that enables the study of the vacuum in our trap. Computer simulations allow an interpretation of our measurements and provide the residual gas composition under operating conditions typical of those used in experiments to produce, trap, and study antihydrogen. The methods developed may also be applicable in a range of atomic and molecular trap experiments where Penning-Malmberg traps are used and where access is limited.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada.
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